Breakdown of Osiguravač će nadoknaditi štetu.
hteti
will
šteta
a pity; damage
osiguravač
an insurer
nadoknaditi
to compensate; reimburse
Questions & Answers about Osiguravač će nadoknaditi štetu.
What does osiguravač mean exactly?
Osiguravač means insurer — the insurance company or insurance provider that pays compensation.
A learner may confuse it with related words:
- osiguranje = insurance
- osiguranik = the insured person / policyholder
- osiguravač = the insurer
So in this sentence, osiguravač is the party that will pay.
Why is će separated from the verb?
Because Serbian future tense often uses a short auxiliary form placed in second position in the sentence.
Here:
- Osiguravač = subject
- će = future auxiliary, 3rd person singular
- nadoknaditi = infinitive
So Osiguravač će nadoknaditi štetu literally has the structure:
insurer + will + compensate + damage
This is a very normal Serbian pattern.
What kind of word is će?
Će is the 3rd person singular future auxiliary, from the verb hteti.
In future tense:
- ja ću
- ti ćeš
- on/ona/ono će
- mi ćemo
- vi ćete
- oni/one/ona će